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Fig. 1 Bl-LEVEL COACH CAB Headlights Step 1 .015" x 1/8" styrene strip. ..»- '. ,=1 - 911. 1/4.. 11- " 1/8'.brass tubingi: cemented on with CA · '. . 12. : e W 6 f: . ; to exact height • '·. ." Steps, Plastruct . headlight.·castings 1/16" angle, ".Z ·24"long ...· .•- Pilot . . ' .1/' ".73 . · · '· •' ·, ·. k· Z je 3.;.... < 010 x 020 stryene 1 • top and bottom rungs attached wth CA ; Gate from Con Cor standard coach fle for press ft -9. Ladders Walthers 627 4 1 4 :P F 11 hole i m I brush-painted the anticlimber with Floquil primer and the small m.u. cow ers with Caboose Red. Anywhere shiny metal would have 1 shown, through the portholes I dark1 ened the sides of the die-cast chassis i with a black felt-tip pen. Applying decals The Floquil C&NW colors leave a glossy finish coat, perfect for decals. Specific decals for these cars are not available, but the yellow Extended Roman CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN in the Microscale F unit package is the correct type style. The words don't stretch out quite far enough for these passenger cars, but I resolved the situation by leaving a little extra distance between them, keeping the decals wet with Micro Sol until I was satisfied with the spacing. In order to make the nose emblem fit 14--- 5'-0" -+1 30 degrees, this piece ' only 1 1, 7'-0" then removed the transparent tape, pulling it back at a sharp angle so as not to pull off any paint. Next I masked around the center doors and airbrushed them aluminum. For each coach and cab car, I placed two 1/8" and two 3/8" hex nuts on a piece of masking tape, along with the car weights, and airbrushed them flat black. More about these later. Painting the cab car Because of the unusual striping on the cab car I found it was easier to apply the yellow first. I then masked the cab end and lower sides and sprayed the green. R t t 1 1.. .: 152 = =....8==..< '. ...'.r:=.'=S -45% f,4 -f 1 -f -.-I _ .-- -----»#4=6./.-0-$* - logig It 11 ..1.' - 111 .4/, '·.. . . - U channel styrene tape to work surface temporar ly to ad n construct on 1 012 wre 5 6 6 0 7 0 Cut long and tr m after cement ng to channel . 1 . .010" x .030" styrene strip Once the car was thoroughly dry, I 1 the headlight I enlarged its center slightly, using a circle template and a sharp no. 11 blade. I cut the car numbers from a Herald King HO diesel set, making them correct for equipment received from Pullman Standard in 1960: coaches 49 to 76 and cab cars 151 to 158. Coach assembly For extra weight 1 cemented one of masked off the sides. Then I applied those previously painted 3/8" hex nuts 3/32" graphic arts tape to mask the yel- centered around each of the truck pin low stripes and airbrushed the cab end holes. I attached the Kadee couplers to green. I removed the tape immediately, each truck with the screws provided, pulling it back at a sharp angle with but didn't adjust them for length until needlepoint tweezers so as to avoid later. Then I mounted the trucks with lifting any of the yellow. Painting the engine 3/8" long 1/8" roundhead screws and hex nuts, the smaller 1/8" nut being placed atop the larger 3/8" one. After the engine first with yellow. Then using I applied a drop of nut-locking adhesive a continuous piece of 1/16" flexible graphic arts tape I masked off the body below the side grills. I added strips of As I'd done with the cab car I painted making sure the trucks swiveled freely to the end of the screw. I gently snapped each roof into place, then drilled the grab iron holes wider tape to complete the job before through the clear plastic window matespraying on the green. r-r. i 1./ 9* 643%*A#HQI-'-21--:-I..-i#:,.2-4-Te -27/3.,3%#..V.*.4-.*#..-f * I./..i.liliilidilillillillilillillillillillillillillillillillillillillilli•. ." . -----·«.-:'-e."=:...7...:-.;ili"Fiwillo'FrE. .... ' -: ' ' ' - 86 OCTOBER 1995 .i=11 0=-1 -•a•= m C-- 152: . . ....m....... -'.'0'5-1.*---4-···D042,-4 - rial with a no. 80 bit. Next 1 installed Y.,9.f.AS-'.,rtf - ' "·r, == --=."